"And who cares that people are sitting around smoking marijuana to get high? "
I don’t care per se… I don’t go around checking to see if they are… but the same can be said for cocaine, heroin, etc…
Ironically, it is during economic bad times when abuse occurs the most, when we NEED people to be in their right mind AND motivated…
“How does somebody smoking pot, as long as their not driving, interfere with life or liberty.”
Problem is that they do drive under the influence while it’s ILLEGAL now…
“Its just like alchohol. If weed should be banned, than alchohol should be too.”
Then so should cocaine, heroin, etc… I give my kids a sip of wine during Christmas for a toast (although they usually leave it, as they don’t like it), but I would not give them a joint, or a snort or needle… you don’t see alot of people going around at social events that involve kids toking on a dubie, or snorting a line or shooting up… but they do have a drink, which is more acceptable…
Alot of this goes to muddying the message to kids… if you can smoke pot, why not the others?.. if they were “wrong” about pot, maybe they are “wrong” about all the others… experience and the high costs of rehab and healthcare tell us different…
"Sorry but capillaries absorb what is in your lungs hot or not. "
Exactly my point… longer holding of smoke in your lungs, the more absortion of the carcinogen whether hot or not… when you heat something up it expands (capillaries)…
“What state are you in? Driving under the influence of marijuana in every state I have lived in has the exact same punishments as alcohol”
That could be, and if it is the case, that is a good thing…
“It sends the exact same message that a kid gets when you drink a beer.”
Then there should be no problem with doing cocaine and other drugs in front of kids…
“Have you ever met a serious pothead?”
Abosolutely… and IMHO, a great example of WHY it should remain illegal…
“Live a little, will ya?”
Because I don’t do drugs, I’m not living a little… :rolleyes I do… but I don’t need drugs to live a little… life has SO MANY other ways to enjoy it that are MUCH more fulfilling… but to each his own… as long as it legal… :biggrin